Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-04-08
CITY COUNCIL.
Tho Regular Session Last Evening
The Auditors Statement Of the FiAsn
aAnl Condlflon Of t1So Ctr n,


The Auditors Statement Of the FiAsn-
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The regular weekly meeting OF City
Council was held last evening. With
President Eskel In tho chair. Ths.roii
was called by the clerk, and the min
utes OF the last meeting read and ap
proved.
The Finance Committee, to whom
Was referred the petition OF John NJ.
Lee, aakiug for the return of $40 tax
wrong fully paid. reported in favor oi
returnir z him $3.50, and an order was
drawn for that amount
tt Stree, Committee, IN accordaI ce
with resolution passed at last meetipg,
rt ported that thare are contractH exist
irg for tho paving Of seven squares OF
streets With cobble stones.
The Fire Com mmittee reported favorA.
bly, on the resolution Of Mr.. Moore, pro.
viding fora fire enginejto be stationed in
the Ninth Ward, while the bridge over
the Brand , wine IL being rebuilt. and
also said that 1t wOuld cost about $500
I'd pay the men and other expenses. Mr..
Blake moved that the report be adopted
and the matter refer red to the Finance
Committee, to report by what means
the money can be procured.
This lead to o discussion, which WA
pAr ticl pated In by Messrs. Merris TGy.
lor, Murray and Norton, when MIR
Blake withdrew that part OF his motion
referring 1t to the Finance Com mittee,
aud the remainder OF the motion was
then adopted.
The same committep, TO whom wat
referred the ;petition Vt j. H. Jackson,
asking for PERM ission to use the fire
alarm telegraph poles, to attach tele
graph wire from their works to the
Diamond State Iron Works, to connec,
with the B. & o. telegraph, prese ted
q majority report, signed by Messrs. r
H. Taylor, BTison and Chambers, In
favor Of granting IL, and o minority re
mort, signed BY Messrs. Blake and
Newell, In opposition to granting it.
Mr.. Blake moved the adoption Of the
minority report. and . discussion en-
sued, which WAS continued for some
placing OF another wire on the poles,
sud confended that It would interfere
seriously with the working OF the fire
alarm. He said that when ba was 10.
eating the fire alarm boxes, Mr.. JacK'
son called on him and offered to pay
$50 toward defrayipg the expense. il he
would place one near his works, and
that In answer he told him that II he
wanted 10 give any money he could
pay 1t over to the City Treasurer, but
II has never been paid.
When at last Q vote was taken 1t re-
suited in 10 ayes TO IL naye, and the
minority report was declared lost, A
vote was then taken o, the motion to
adopt the majority report. and it was
carried BY ~ ayes to 10 nays
The City Treasurer Ieported balance
of $5i Cos 80 in the UniCn National
Bank 10 the credit of current expenses,
and 81 las "a to the credit OF the park
fund. He also reported that he had re-
ceived the following amount: Tax
Receiver Moody, S743; Tax Receiver
Kane, 5000; Clerk of the Municipal
Court Hylant, S179.64; Clerk of the
Market Smeltz, S95 46. The Treasurer
reported that be had received s $10, 600
loan from the Union National Rank.
The Street Commissioner reported 15
men and o teams employed, with pay
roll lamountinR,to $500 12,aud the Sewer
Committee reported man employed,
with q payroll of 637 90
The Goal Oil Inspector reported that
during the past month lie had inspected
10 ,4h0 gallons of Gil.
The Council pay .roll for the month Of
March was then presented, and MIR.
Murray called for the reading of it The
tJtsl sinonnt called for wat S47S 81 and
when tho clerk commenced 10 read the
roll he merely gave the names of mem.
bers, and the total amount due each
Mr.. Murray objected, and Pres:dent
Eckel instructed the clerk to "read
everything on the pa, -ro!l which was
as follows: